Accidents - Log splitters - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 5,592
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	73
6-15 years old:	294
16-25 years old:	438
26-50 years old:	2,008
50+ years old:	2,777

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	3,763	Hand:	569
Lower Trunk:	290	Upper Leg:	215
Mouth:	144	Lower Leg:	131
Head:	126	Knee:	79
Upper Trunk:	73	Foot:	71
Toe:	71	Wrist:	40
Face:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Log splitters
CUT FINGER ON LOG SPLITTER DX AVULSION R INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
DX CRUSHED LEFT 5TH DIGIT: INJURED ON TREE SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Log splitters
32 YOM USING LOG SPLITTER HAD FOREIGN BODY IN PALM OF R HAND, UNKNOWN OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
24 YOM SPLITTING WOOD ON LOG SPLITTER, PIECE OF WOOD FLEW UP AND STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
USING A WOOD SPLITTER CRUSH INJURY HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
CAUGHT FINGER ON EDGE OF LOG SPLITTER CONTUSING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
FRACTURE FINGER - 46 YOM SUSTAINED AN OPEN FRACTURE OF LEFT PINKY FINGE R WHEN CAUGHT IN A LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/16/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
INJURY TO R WRIST FROM LOG SPLITTER AT HOME., DX. FX R DISTAL RADIUS ( WRIST).
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2006	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
SMASHED FINGER WITH LOG SPLITTER WHILE HELPING CUT WOODK, DX; FX FINGER, CRUSH INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
PART.AMPUTATION;AVULSION INJ R 3RD FING/75YOM STS HE CUT R 3RD FING ON LOG SPLITTER WHILE SPLITTING WOOD AT SON'S HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Log splitters
USING LOG SPLITTER AND CAUGHT FINGER CRUSHING AND PARTIALLY DEGLOVING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
CRUSHED HAND IN A LOG SPLITTER " HAND CRUSHING INJ" + MULIT FINGER FXS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT CUTTING WOOD WITH MECHANICAL LOG SPLITTER AND A PIECE OF WOOD FLEW A ND HIT HIS LEG DX// LAC RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
RT INDEX FINGER CRUSH INJURY: PUT LOG ON HUSKY LOG SPLITTER, DIDN'T MOVE HAND IN TIME, FINGER CAUGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
58 Y/O M INJURED L 2ND FINGER WHEN CAUGHT IN LOG SPLITTER AT HOME. DX; L INDEX FINGER AMPUTATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
GOT GLOVED FINGER CAUGHT IN GAS POWERED WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME. DX: PAR TIAL AMPUTATION FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
DX LEFT THUMB AMPUTATION AND REATTACHMENT: CAUGHT THUMB IN WOOD SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
76 YOM SPLITTING WOOD W/HYDRAULIC SPLITTER, USED ANOTHER PIECE OF WOOD TO REMOVE JAMBED PIECE, LAC TO R THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
L THIGH CONT/82YOM C/O L UPPER THIGH PAIN. HIT BY LOG FROM WOOD SPLITTE R.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
56 YOM STRUCK BY PIECE OF FIREWOOD THAT POPPED OUT OF LOG SPLITTER CONTUSION TO LOWER R LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LACERATION HAND - 54 YO MALE REPORTS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN LOG AND LO G SPLITTER - SUSTAINED LACERATION TO PALMAR ASPECT OF HIS LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
DEEP LAC-AMP TO THUMB FROM LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
CRUSHED FINGER IN A LOG SPLITTER " FX"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
16 YO M USING WOOD SPLITTER NON DISPLACED DISTAL FRACTURE PHALANGY SKIN AVULSION*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Log splitters
53 YO HIT IN HEAD BY CAP FROM HYDROLICLINE OFF WOOD SPLITTER HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/04/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters, Tractors
AMPUTATION TOP OF L 3RD FINGER, LAC TIP OF 4TH; CAUGHT FINGERS IN A HOM EMADE LOG SPLITTER ATTACHED TO NEIGHBORS TRACTOR @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2006	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Log splitters
LS STRAIN-USING A LOG SPLITTER-FELL TO GROUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
CRUSHED FINGER IN LOG SPLITTER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/29/2006	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Log splitters
CHILD TOUCHED A WOOD SPLITTER ENGINE THAT HAD BEEN TURNED OFF. BURNS, L EFT FINGERS. NO FIRE; NO FIRE DEPARTMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Log splitters
LEFT FIFTH DIGIT TIP AVULSION INJURY WITH TREE SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2006	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
CUT FINGER ON WOOD SPLITTER @ HOME DX L 4TH FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
69YOM SMASHED FINGER IN LOG SPLITER LAC CONT R INDEX FINKER NAIL AVULS ION HEMATOMA R LONG FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Log splitters
BACK STRAIN: SPLITTING FIREWOOD 3 DAYS AGO, LOWER THORACIC, UPPER LUMBAR REGION PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LACERATION LIP - 54 YO MALE PRESENTS AFTER TRIPPING OVER A LOG SPLITTER AT HOME CAUSING LAC TO LEFT SIDE OF LIP - ALSO INTERNAL MOUTH CUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
13YMC FINGERS GOT CAUGHT IN LOG SPLITTER/OPEN FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/08/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
FRACTURE LEFT 5TH FINGER-INJURED WHILE SPLITTING LOGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LAC L IND FING/56YOM AT HOME 1 HR AGO, CUT L IND FINGER ON A LOG SPLITT ER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
AMPUTATION OF THUMB CUT THUMB WHILE USING A LOG SPLITTER PT ADMITED TO SHORT STAY UNIT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/01/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
FINGER CT-INJURED IN WOOD SPLITTER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
PT CUT FINGER W/WOOD SPLITTER. DX: NEAR AMPUTATION R MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Log splitters
PT DROPPED A WOOD SPLITTER ON HIS LEG. DX: LARGE HEMATOMA/BRUISE OF THE LEFT LEG AND THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Log splitters
FINGER CAUGHT IN WOOD CHIPPER CRUSHING IT AND TO OR TO REPLANT IT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/30/2006	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
19YMC SMASHED THUMB IN LOG SPLITTER/FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2006	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters, Pruning or trimming equipment
HAND CAUGHT IN A WOOD SPLITTER/CLIPPER " HAND CRUSHING INJ" + TENONDON INJ/TEAR"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/25/2006	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
NAIL REMOVAL, FINGER CRUSH INJURY: USING A LOG SPLITTER, CAUGHT LT INDEX FINGER, PULLED UP NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2006	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
50 YO INJURED FINGER ON LOG SPLITTER CRUSH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
FINGER CAUGHT IN LOG SPLITTER FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Log splitters
PT CUT FINGER WITH A LOG SPLITTER AT HOME, DX: AVULSION LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2006	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT CAUGHT HAND IN A LOG SPLITTER AT HOME INJURING FINGER DX: DEEP LACERATION TO LEFT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
CRUSH INJURY FINGER - PATIENT PRESENTS FROM HOME WITH CRUSH INJURY TO L EFT INDEX FINGER - REPORTS CAUGHT FINGER IN LOG SPLITTER JPTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
USING WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME - GOT FINGER CAUGHT OPEN FRACTURE DISTAL 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/02/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LEFT HAND LACERATION.PT LACERATED HAND WHILE USING A LOG SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Log splitters
SPRAIN HAND - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH RIGHT HAND PAIN - ONSET WHEN PULLIN G STARTER CORD FOR WOOD SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT HIT THUMB WITH A LOG SPLITTER DX: THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
FELL AND HIT HEAD ON LOG SPLITTER; LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
HELPING GRANDDAD SPLIT WOOD AND AMPUTATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
PT WAS USING LOG SPLITTER AFTER 6 BEERS AND CAUGHT HAND. DX: L 4/5 METACARPAL AMPUTATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
CONTUSION TO L GREAT TOE FROM A WOOD SPLITTER#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2006	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LAC L HAND/43YOM CUT L HAND ON METAL RAIL OF LOG SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Log splitters
GOT SOMETHING IN FINGER FROM SPLITER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
RT INDEX FINGER CRUSH INJURY.PT INJURED FINGER ON A WOOD SPLITER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
HIT IN FACE W/LOG SPLITTER, LAC DX: 2.5 CM FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
L THUMB CONTUSION: AT HOME USING LOG SPLITTER, CHOPPING WOOD LT THUMB, WAS HIT BETWEEN WOOD AND WEDGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT CUAGHT FINGERS IN A LOG SPLITTER AT HOME DX: FRACTURED INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Log splitters
ABDOMINAL WALL STRAIN - PATIENT REPORTS ONSET OF ABDOMINAL PAIN WHEN US ING A LOG SPLITTER AT HOME - LOG BUCKED - SHARP PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LACERATION FINGER - 60 YOM LACERATED LEFT RING FINGER ON A LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LEFT LOWER EXTREMITY LACERATION.PT LACERATED LOWER LEG WHILE USING A WO OD SPLITER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT SMASHED FINGER IN WOOD SPLITTER. DX: L THUMB NAIL AVULSION W/FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Log splitters
PATIENT WAS MOVING LOG SPLITTER AND HURT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters, Plants, trees and shrubs
WAS USING A LOG SPLITTER TO SPLIT TREE LOGS AND ACCIDENTALLY CUT TIP OF RT. THUMB. TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION,, TIP OF RIGHT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LACERATION FINGER - PATIENT GOT LEFT THUMB CAUGHT IN A WOODSPLITTER JUS T PRIOR TO ARRIVAL - LAC ALONG NAIL DOWN THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2006	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Log splitters
STRAIN LOW BACK - PATIENT COMPLAINS OF LOW BACK PAIN - ONSET WHEN PUSHI NG A WOOD SPLITTER AND TWISTED - AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT. INJURED L THUMB IN WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME. DX. LAC L THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PATIENT WAS CUTTING WOOD, HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN WOOD AND SPLITTER. DX-FINGER FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
PT. WAS USING A WOOD SPLITTER AND MASHED HIS FINGER DIAGNOSIS; CRUSH INJURY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Log splitters
CAUGHT FINGER IN LOG SPLITTER, TISSUE AVULSION RT 1ST DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
CONTUSION LT HAND - SMASHED HAND IN LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
FINGER CAUGHT IN WOOD SPLITTER OPEN FRACTURE RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
46 YOM AMPUTATION 5TH FINGER WITH LOG SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PINCHED R. THUMB IN LOG SPLITTER DX. R. THUMB FX.#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Log splitters
SPLITTING WOOD, C/O BACK PAIN DX LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LACERATION HAND - 58 YOM WAS CUTTING WOOD USING A SPLITTER AND A PIECE OF WOOD KICKED BACK OUT LACERATING LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
FINGER LAC FX-CAUGHT FINGER IN LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
PT WAS CUT ON LOG SPLITTER. DX: R INDEX TIP AMPUTATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Log splitters
PT CAUGHT FINGER IN WOOD SPLITTER. DX: L THUMB LAC/NAIL AVULSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PIECE OF WOOD EJECTED FRO LOG SPLITTER STRUCK PT.S L. LONG FINGER CAUSI NG INJURY DX. L. LONG FINGER FX. #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2006	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
SMASHED FINGER IN WOOD SPLITTER/ OPEN FX DISTAL LT FINGER WITH PARTIAL AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
FINGER CAUGHT IN LOG SPLITTER FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
CRUSH INJURY TO FINGER: CRUSHED LT 4TH FINGER WITH WOOD SPLITTER ONE WEEK AGO, STILL PAINFUL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
CUT TO FINGER WHILE USING WOOD SPLITTER DX: LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
30 Y/O M INJURED L THIGH WHILE USING LOG SPLITTER AT HOME. DX; L THIGH CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT STATES LACERATED LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
63 YOM AMPUTATED FINGER WITH A LOG SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
78 YO CUT FINGER ON LOG SPLITTER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Log splitters
PT WAS USING A WOOD SPLITTER & STARTED EXPERIENCING BACK PAIN DX: STRAIN LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
LT FOOT CONTUSION: USING LOG SPLITTER, SPLIT LOG AND LOG DROPPED OFF ONTO LT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
CUT TIP OF THUMB OFF WITH LOG SPLITTER LEFT THUMB TIP AMPUTATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
CUT FINGER/STRUCK FINGER ON A LOG SPLITTER " FX"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2006	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
LOG SPLITTER CAME DOWN AND LACERATED THUMB OPEN FRACTURE THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2006	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Log splitters
PEICE OF STEEL PUNCTURED MOUTH WHILE SPLITTING LOGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2006	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
PT HAD FINGERS CAUGHT IN A LOG SPLITTER. DX: CRUSH INJURY AND LAC. TO R T 4TH AND 5TH FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2006	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
USING A WOOD SPLITTER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LACERATION SHIN - 38 YOM WAS SPLITTING WOOD AT HOME AND A PIECE OF WOOD STRUCK HIS LEFT LOWER LEG CAUSING A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT. CUT L.HAND ON LOG SPLITTER, WHILE SPLITTING WOOD. DX. L. HAND LAC. #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2006	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
PT AMPUTATED TIP OF RING FINGER ON A LOG SPLITTER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
PT SUSTAINED A CRUSHING INJURY TO A HAND FROM A WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/02/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
RT RING FINGER CRUSH INJURY.PT CAUGHT FINGER IN A LOG SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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